VMware to Buy Email Software Zimbra from Yahoo!

January 13, 2010 -- Virtualization solutions provider VMware announced on Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire email and collaboration software vendor Zimbra from Yahoo!, according to a post by VMware CTO Steve Herrod on the VMware blog.

Possible VMware Acquisition of Zimbra Could Challenge Exchange

January 7, 2010 -- A report from BoomTown columnist Kara Swisher has sparked rumors that search engine giant Yahoo is preparing to sell its email and collaboration vendor, Zimbra, to VMware, according to several sources close to the situation.

In-Tuition to Distribute Zimbra Email Software to UK Resellers

September 23, 2009 -- Giving UK resellers the chance to join the Zimbra partner network, wholesale licensing and white label hosting provider In-Tuition Networks will be launching a new partnership program in London this October, offering IT outsourcers, value-added resellers and SaaS hosting providers the chance to provide Yahoo!'s open-source email and collaboration software to their clients.

Zimbra Adds Hosted College Mail

October 28, 2008 -- Open source messaging and collaboration software developer Zimbra has announced educational institutions will now have access to its Zimbra Collaboration Suite without having to manage on-premise software and hardware.

Simply Mail Recruits Resellers

October 4, 2007 -- UK email hosting provider Simply Mail Solutions announced on Wednesday it is recruiting resellers for its Web hosting services, which include advanced shared hosting, virtual servers and managed Web hosting.

Is Lou wrong?

Posted on 2007-10-02

One of the most discussed comments at this year’s Hosting Transformation Summit was Lou Honick’s question to Michael van Dijken asking whether his focus on desktop software was self serving when Lou was running all his applications virtua

Yahoo to Buy Zimbra Email Services

September 18, 2007 -- Search engine giant Yahoo announced on Monday it has agreed to acquire Internet-based email and collaboration services provider Zimbra for $350 million.

Using rPath as a VPS Strategy

Posted on 2007-06-12

Over the past week, I've been looking through the various appliance projects hosted at rPath's rBuilder project site with an eye toward what could a hosting company borrow or participate in. rPath is a company that's building software that makes it

Microsoft Exchange Server - downfall begins?

Posted on 2007-03-22

At my company, groupSPARK - the leader in Private Label Exchange Hosting, we watch all Microsoft Exchange Server-related developments very closely for obvious reasons. I have to admit that this new development caught me off guard. To understand the s

Microsoft's Hosted Business Application Push, Should Exchange, SharePoint Hosts Worry?

Posted on 2007-02-22

An article on ZDNet posted this morning discloses some more information about Microsoft's possible future plans for hosted business-class services. It seems that Ballmer mentioned that Hosted Exchange, Hosted SharePoint, and Hosted OfficeCommunicati

Brinkster Deploys Zimbra Email

December 7, 2006 -- Web site design and Web hosting provider Brinkster announced on Thursday it has selected the Zimbra Collaboration Suite by Zimbra as its new email and collaboration solution.

R3 Technologies Launches New Servers

October 5, 2006 -- Information technology hardware and software provider R3 Technologies announced on Wednesday it has launched its first generation of high-end Linux server lines.